Voltron New Beginnings
Chapter 10
Triple team
By: Cindra
Notes: I put colons between conversations noting silent thought between two characters
** or italics That represents thoughts of the characters.
(A few days later)
Keith waited until he was leaving Cassie's room to have a long, what-the-hell-were-you-thinking, chat with him. "You caused one hell of a mess, my friend."
*Here we go! I knew that he was being way to calm about all of this* Lance turned to glare at his friend.
"Look, I didn't make your sister drive me into Farla's arms! She did that all by herself!"
"Do you realize that our three worst nightmares are gonna join forces to try to defeat us! Because, you ran from my sister like a coward! She then gets captured and drugged by Rand! Who I'd bet my lion took full advantage of that situation! Do I have to go on?" Keith and Lance had stepped outside into the Castle gardens.
"All hell may come down on this planet, because you were jealous of my nine-month-old baby girls!" Keith had grabbed Lance by the lapels of his jacket and was lifting him off the ground.
*This is not good!*
"Don't do this, Keith!" Lance shoved Keith in the chest.
*You ask for this, buddy!* Keith dropped Lance on his butt. "Someone's gotta teach you a lesson." He snarled down at him.
"Lay off, Keith! This isn't the time to get into this!" Lance vaulted back to his feet.
"This is the perfect time to beat some sense into you!" Keith snarled, punching Lance in the Solar plexus.
"I'm warning you, Keith! You'd better back off!" He snarled through teeth gritted in pain, as Keith's fist connected with his chest.
"Or you'll do what? Beat me up? Not even on your best day!" He taunted Lance, as he gave him a right to the jaw, sending Lance sprawling backwards onto the grass.
"That does it, Keith! You asked for it!" He got back up and ran at Keith full force, only to end up being thrown over Keith's shoulder and landing face first back onto the grass.
"Do you have any clue about how much Cassie's been suffering because of you?! You broke her heart when you walked out!" Keith reached down and yanked Lance up to his feet.
"Yeah, Keith, I know that I'm the reason all hell may break loose on this planet! I'm the one who went mental, because I was jealous of your babies! So, if you want to beat me until I'm black and blue, go ahead I deserve it!" He punched Keith in the jaw, but felt terror run down his spine when Keith didn't even flinch from the blow.
"I don't care, Lance! Your actions hurt my sister and now our three worst enemies have joined forces and could very well be planning our first and only defeat!" Keith was through beating up Lance so he stalked back towards the castle.
"Bad move, buddy." Lance ran at Keith from behind, only to be knocked out cold by Keith's backward punch.
"Never try and sneak up on me." He lectured his unconscious friend, as he carried him back into the castle.
"Hey! What happened to Lance?" Hunk asked, as Keith walked by the Sunroom.
"We had a difference of opinion." He didn't even bother to look back, as he continued towards Lance's quarters.
"I guess we know who won." Hunk muttered
"Some things never change." Sheena shook her head in disbelief.
"What on Arus did you do to Lance?" Allura stopped Keith in front of Lance's door.
"We just had a difference of opinion." Keith flashed her his winning smile before entering Lance's quarters.
"Get back here, Keith!" Allura stalked after him.
Keith was far from done with torturing his friend. "Here ya go, buddy. This should jar you back to your senses." He set Lance down in the shower stall and set the water to ice cold.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Lance bellowed in outrage, as the cold water pelted his skin.
"The only one in this room who needs to be brought back to his senses is you!" Allura pushed Keith into the shower stall with Lance.
"Allura!" Keith bellowed in outrage, as he was doused with icy cold water.
"Now I want the two of you to stop this nonsense and behave!" She ordered them both before she stalked out of the room.
"Well, she sure told us didn't she?" Lance groaned.
"Yeah, that's my little spitfire." Keith growled and then they both took one look at each other and roared with laughter.
Meanwhile, back on Rand's base, three of the most ruthless forces in the universe are planning the fall of planet Arus.
"All we have to do is split all of them up. That way they won't be able to form Voltron." Rand suggested to the two men, who merely glared silently at his plan.
"I say we blow Arus to bits." Lotor growled, only to have them turn their glares towards him.
"Listen, you idiots! We have to work together to defeat our enemy!" Devon growled.
Rand and Lotor looked at him as if he were insane.
"And just how do you purpose that we do that!?" Rand snarled. "Wimp there couldn't win a battle if it was handed to him on a silver platter!" Lotor's response was to try to punch Rand out, only Rand easily blocked him move for move.
"You didn't do so well the last two times that you battled against Keith!" Lotor gave up on trying to hit Rand, so instead he took his frustration out on the table in front of him.
"Well! What do you expect to happen when his wife calls him back home because she went into labor!"
Lotor had Rand by the neck.
"What do you mean Allura went into labor!?"
"You can't be serious, Lotor! This was over nine months ago!" Rand groaned in disbelief, as Lotor continued to throttle him.
"She and Keith have an heir!? She had his baby?!"
"No Lotor, they have three heirs!" Rand taunted him, before slamming Lotor in the face with the heel of his hand.
"She gave him three sons! I will kill him with my bare hands!"
Devon was highly amused with Lotor's reaction. "No, you idiot. She and Keith have three nine-month-old daughters!" He told Lotor who was now smiling evilly.
"Lotor, you can't seriously be that far out of the loop! Why the hell are you smiling anyway?" Rand snarled.
"If you both will excuse me, I have a message that I have to send to my wife." Lotor walked calmly from the room.
"He has a wife?!" Rand and Devon exclaimed in shock.
(A few days later on Arus)
"Sheena? Why won't you teach me the art of being a ninja?" Lance all but begged, as Sheena rolled her eyes at him.
"I have three students that I'm teaching already. I'm sorry, Lance. Why don't you ask Keith to train you?" She suggested
"I'm the last one that he would ever think of training!" Lance turned to leave the gym.
"You're wrong, Lance, all you have to do is swallow your pride for once, ask him nicely, and he'll be glad to train you."
"Like hell he would!" Lance grumbled and stalked off to find Cassie.
"You have to learn how to master your temper before you can even think of training to be a ninja." Sheena went searching for Hunk.
"Red? Can I talk to you for a minute?" Keith stopped her in the hallway he had Ariel in his arms.
"Sure, Keith, What's up?" She smile and took Ariel from him.
"Shea!" She squealed and began munching on a lock of Sheena's fiery red hair.
"Did Lance ask you to train him?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, he did. Why do you want to know?" She frowned at him.
"So, the hot head wants to become a ninja does he?" Keith grinned at Sheena, who had put Ariel up on his shoulders. "Thanks, Red, let's go kid your daddy has some plotting to do.
"Dada!" She squealed and grabbed onto a fistful of his hair.
"Ouch! Ariel, if you and your sister don't stop plucking out my hair." He winced as they went down the hallway. "I'll be bald by the age of 25."
(On Queen Merla's ship)
"Queen Merla, your husband has sent you a message."
"Thank you, Miri, you may go now." She ordered the woman away.
"Yes, mistress." She bowed and then left the room.
*So my wayward husband, what do you want now?* She frowned as she read the message. "Miri! Get in here!"
"Yes, mistress?"
"When and where was he when he sent me this?" She tried to remain calm.*He couldn't know her secret!*
"I was on my way to see you, my enchanting wife." He smiled down at her after dismissing Miri with a look.
:Since when is it so urgent that you have to have an heir?: She asked curiously from where she was lounging in a sunken tub filled with bubbles.
"Ah, my lovely wife, don't you want an heir to carry on our legacy?" He growled softly down at her and began to strip off his clothes.
"So let me get this straight." She hissed, as she watched him undress. "You want an heir, so you can keep up with Keith and Allura's new additions Ariel, Alexandra, and Andromeda."
"Darling, I simply want to make sure that we have a son, who can someday claim his ultimate prize. The next ruler of Arus." He schemed, as he planted kisses down her back.
"Now wait just a minute! Don't I even get a say in this?!" She moaned, as he continued explore her body with his mouth.
"No."
(Arus)
"You wanted to see me, your majesty?" Lance snarled at Keith the moment he entered Keith's royal chambers.
"Yes, Lance, I think that you and I need to have another chat." He smiled, as he looked up at Lance.
"No thanks! I'm still recovering from our last talk." He went to leave the room.
"Lance, did you learn anything from our little battle of the brawns?" He asked seriously.
"Never let my guard down when you're in one of those moods." Lance groaned, as he sat down in a chair.
"No Lance, you learned that you have to pay for your mistakes." He growled softly, ignoring the glare that Lance was giving him.
"Why you, son of a bitch! You beat the crap out of me! So that I could pay for my mistakes!" He roared at Keith in fury, only to end up in a headlock.
"Now you're gonna listen to me, smartass! You will get up at 3a.m. every morning and begin your training, after four hours of that you will then go to Red Lion and practice drills, after that you will go to your future wife and spend lots of quality time with her. Then you will rest and start it all again the next day." He finally let Lance go.
"Is there anything else, your majesty?"
"Yes, you can go to the nursery and spend some quality time with your future nieces." He smiled when Lance groaned.
"Yes, master." He got up and went to leave the room.
"See you at 3am, Lance."
Lance waited until he was out of earshot to shout out his," Yes!"
"Give me five, kiddo." Keith grinned, as he pulled Andy out from under his desk.
"Dada!" Andy babbled and kissed his cheek.
"Now it's time for your sister to make the plan complete." He was enjoying tormenting Lance.
"Okay you, little munchkin's, who wants to play with me first?" Lance asked the babies in the nursery, only to find one baby in her crib.
"Well, now, angel, who left you all alone?" Lance frowned, as he picked up the little girl.
"Oooo!" She squealed, as she grabbed hold of the shiny blue material of his new jacket.
"You like my new jacket?" He laughed, as she started to munch on his jacket. "You like blue do you. Well, that's another thing that you share with your momma." He cuddled Alex in his arms.
"Oh!" She exclaimed and her eyes grew as wide as saucers, not long after that a smell filled the small space between them.
"Did Uncle Lance's little angel have a little accident?" He cooed, as he carried her to the changing table.
"Come on, Lance, you can handle this, how bad could it be." He gasped for air as he removed the dirty diaper and then carried it to the incinerator. *Help!* He thought, as he began to take on the task of getting her all cleaned up and ready for a new diaper.
"Why are we standing outside the nursery?" Cassie asked loudly and was shushed by the others.
"Lance is changing a diaper." Keith grinned at Allura, who was holding Ariel in her arms while Keith still held little Andy.
"Not possible." Cassie hissed, but she could hear Lance's voice coming from inside the room.
"No, but it does make great blackmail material." Pidge grinned and Myria began to giggle.
"Here we go, Alex, all cleaned up, now how does this diaper work." He growled, as he tried to put the diaper under her freshly powdered little bottom.
"Ooo!" She giggled, as one of the mice played with her hand.
"Cheddar, you are not helping." Lance growled at the mouse, which then stuck his tongue out at him, and then left the table.
"Da!" She shouted pointing to the toy on the floor.
"Yes, that's Daddy's lion." He grinned at her, as he picked her back up in his arms.
"Hey, kid, we actually did it." He carried her towards the door.
"I'd vanish if I were you." Cassie hissed at the now empty hallway, finding that she now had both babies in her arms.
"Well look at this, angel, we found your sisters, and my love is holding them both. Here, honey, let me relieve you of little miss curious." He smiled at Cass, as he plucked Andy away from Cass's bad arm.
"Na!Na!Na! Alex protested and started to slap at her sister.
"Mine!" Andy slapped her back.
"What can I say...I'm irresistible." Lance grinned at Cassie, who burst out with laughter, as Andy slapped him across the face with her tiny hand.
"Well? What now, smart guy?" She giggled.
"I say it's time for these little angels to go night-night." He mouthed at Cassie, as not to alert the girls.
"Oh, did you hear that, darlings? Uncle Lance says that it's time to take a nap." She explained to the babies who all began wailing in protest.
"You're gonna pay for this, Cassandra." He growled, as he set each baby in their cribs.
"Here take these." She offered him two stuffed toys.
"Thanks, Cass." He took the toys from her and set them each next to the girls.
"See, Lance, I know what I'm doing." Cassie smiled at him, as the babies calmed down and drifted off to sleep.
"You're still gonna pay, my love." He growled softly as he took the snoozing baby out of her arms.
"Lance." She backed towards the door the second that he had put the baby back in her crib.
"Time to pay up." He growled softly, as he stalked towards her.
"Lance, behave! You can't really be serious about attacking me in the nursery!" She squeaked, as he backed her up against the wall.
"Then let's go where we can be alone." He growled into her ear.
"Lance, what in the world has gotten into you?" She gasped, as he ran kisses along her neck.
"Let's just say that today is gonna be the first day of the rest of our lives." He whispered into her ear.
"What makes today so special?"
"Cass? Will you marry me?" He asked softly and she began to cry.
"Yes! I'll marry you." She whimpered softly and then kissed him.
"Shall we go celebrate this in private?" He swept her up in his arms.
"I thought you would never ask." She sighed, as he started to carry her out of the room.
"Way to go, Lance!" Keith and Allura shouted the second he entered the hallway.
"All right, you guys!" He blushed crimson with embarrassment, only to be flung to the floor when the castle was rocked by a huge explosion.
"What was that?!" Cassie winced as pain shot up her arm.
"Koran? I think that it's time to try out that new shield." Keith shouted into the intercom.
"The shield is already in operation, as are the shields in all the other locations." Koran's voice shouted back.
"Koran, was there any major damage done?"
"Black Lion got a direct hit." Koran grimaced the moment he heard Keith lose it.
"What!" He roared in fury running back into the nursery where he could see that his lion was indeed in flames." For this they must pay!" He looked down at his screaming daughters and ran out of the room.
"Keith!" Allura was going to run after him, but Lance grabbed hold of her arm to stop her.
"Where do you think that you're going?" Lance growled.
"After my husband, so let go of my arm!" She ordered him through gritted teeth.
"No Allura, your place is here with your children."
"My place is with my husband and as far as my children are concerned they're perfectly safe here in the castle. Now please let go of my arm!" She hissed at him.
"No!"
*You asked for it!*
"Don't say that I didn't warn you!" She hissed at him before jabbing him in the ribs with her elbow, following that with a punch in the jaw, and then ending with him being thrown over her shoulder. "Now, if you will all excuse me, I have a date with my husband." Allura stomped down the hall.
"Why do I even try..."Lance passed out in Cass's arms.
Keith made his way around Devon's ship in full view of all of Devon's men. He had on purposely chosen to wear a uniform similar to the one that Rand was usually seen wearing, while in battle.
"Master, you are needed on the bridge!" One of Rand's men ran up to Keith thinking that he was Rand.
"Of course they do! Devon is an idiot!" Keith easily fooled the young ninja.
"I can't wait to take some prisoners!" The young ninja sneered.
*In your dreams maybe!*
"Did I ask you to speak!?" Keith snarled. "Get out of my sight, before I tear you in half!"
The poor kid fled in terror down the corridor.
"Now to pay them back for hurting my lion!" Keith headed for the bridge.
Meanwhile, Allura is now dressed in a jet-black ninja uniform, with a pink sash around her middle, and doesn't know that she is in the wrong ship.
"Keith." She hissed softly, as she stealthily explored Lotor's ship. She didn't get a response from her husband, but she did hear the sound of an all too familiar voice.
"So! That idiot Devon thinks that he can call a meeting in the middle of a battle! He'll just have to learn that he isn't the one running things and I am!" Lotor snarled to himself, as he stalked down the empty corridor of his ship.
*I'm in trouble!* Allura whimpered to herself, as she dove into an empty doorway.
"Who's there?" Lotor snarled.
"Oh, I wish that Keith were here." She whispered, as Lotor came even closer to her hiding place.
"Whoever you are, I'd like you to know that I'm not in a good mood today." He growled into the doorway that Allura was using for her hiding place. He was just about to move on, but then he heard her whimpering and reached in to grab her by the arm.
*Stay calm, Allura, don't panic.* She told herself, as Lotor gave her the once over.
"So, one of Sheena's ninja's has dared to enter my ship!" He snarled in fury, as he dragged Allura into another room. "Talk and I won't hurt you too much!" He sneered, as he drank in the sight of her in the skintight uniform.
Allura shook her head in defiance and glared daggers at him. She tried to remember her training and focused on keeping her cool.
"So a stubborn wench, eh? Well, we will just have to see if we can get you to talk." Lotor reached forward and pulled off her mask. "Allura!?" He shouted in total surprise.
"Lotor! If you value your life you will let go of my arm!" She hissed at him
"And what is a little kitten like you going to do to a big strong dragon like me?" He challenged, highly amused that she thought that she could take him.
"This!" She hissed and pulled him towards her enough so that she could knee him in the groin.
"Why you, little witch! You've grown claws!" He snarled in pain, as she raked her nails across his face.
Allura was more than ready for a fight, now that she was free from his grasp. "Give up, Lotor, while you can still move!" She taunted him, as she kicked him once more for good measure.
"You'll pay for that, brat!" Lotor snarled.
"I've been waiting years for this!" She threw kick after kick and punch after punch into his body. Fortunately for him he was skilled enough to keep up with her attacks.
Meanwhile, Keith was on the other fortress and was just about to enter the bridge, when Koran contacted him from the castle.
"Keith, if you can hear me don't talk just listen. Allura is on that ship and she is looking for you." Koran growled.
*Of all the stupid, crazy, scatterbrained...!*
"What!"
"You are on Lotor's ship aren't you?" Koran felt like panicking.
"No! I'm on Devon's ship!"
"Allura may be in a little bit of trouble..."
"Why didn't you stop her!?"
"Lance tried to stop her, but she beat him up." Koran tried not to laugh, as he thought of what she had done to Lance.
"Oh! This is just great!" He pulled a small device from his belt activating it, as he attached it to the wall outside the bridge.
"When will she learn that she has the babies to think of now?" He set similar devices on the walls, as he stalked down the empty corridor.
"If you have harmed one hair on her head Lotor! I will tear you in half!" He snarled to himself.
Lotor and Allura were still going at it in the other ship.
"Let's see how well that you fight when I have a weapon and you don't!" He hissed at her, as he spat blood from the cut on his lower lip. He reached for his laser sword, only to have her kick it out of his hand.
"Let's not!" She snapped, as the sword went flying across the room.
"You're even more beautiful when the evil side of you is finally allowed to emerge."
"This is the end of the line, Lotor! I'm going to make sure that you never father anything in your lifetime!" She hissed at him, as she pulled her own sword from her belt and ignited it.
"You don't have the nerve to do something like this!' He backed away from the sword that she had aimed at his lower anatomy.
"You're not worth it, you slime, but you will have this to remember me by." She lunged at him with the sword causing Lotor to drop to his knees, while Allura aimed the sword at his long white hair, giving him a very short crew cut.
"What have you done to me!?" He roared, as he looked down at the pile of white hair on the floor.
"I'd call it being merciful, Lotor." She tried to keep a stern expression on her face.
"You bitch! You're going to die for this! Your daughters will die with you!" He lunged at her only to hit the floor, as a sword flew over his head and sliced into the far wall of the room.
"Would you dare to repeat that, Lotor!" Keith appeared in the room.
"Keith!" She cried out in surprise.
"Who were you expecting? Rand?" Keith snarled at her.
"No! I didn't need your help anyway!" She snarled back.
"Well, look who has the attitude now!" He backed away from her lit sword.
"Well! I had a good teacher!' She hissed back at Keith, who cringed when he saw the look she was giving him with her eyes.
"This is going to be good." Lotor growled, as the two spouses squared off with each other.
"Shut up Lotor or I will change my mind!"
"Oh man! What happened to his hair?" Keith took one look at Lotor's new look and roared with laughter.
"Very funny, Keith! Laugh when your enemy is down!"
"Way to go, sweetheart!" Keith grinned at her in approval, as he took stock on all the other injuries that Allura had caused Lotor.
"Keith, not that I'm not angry with you for changing the subject, but it looks like Rand came looking for Lotor and Merla is with him." She hissed in his ear, as he handed her a spare ear mic.
"Argue all that you want, babe, it makes the fighting a whole lot more fun." He winked at her and they positioned themselves so they were back to back.
"You take Rand, Merla's mine." Allura purred into the mic.
"Fine, just don't get too crazy, we only have ten minutes to spare before this ship and Devon's go, as Andy would say bye-bye" Keith explained, as he side kicked Rand in the face.
"What did you do to my husband?" Merla snarled at Allura, as she took in Lotor's new look.
"Do you like it? I thought he needed a new look." Allura grinned.
:Let us see how you deal with a true female warrior!: Merla challenged.
"You're on traitor!" She hissed.
"Knock it off with the drama, honey, and kick her tail off Arus." Keith growled.
"You always want to spoil all of my fun." She pouted, as she went head-to-head with Merla.
"Does it really matter, as long as you still get to show them that they can't push you around anymore?" Keith continued his lecture on fighting.
"No, but taunting is so much more fun." She added, as she fought her opponent.
"So, you and Keith are together as one in battle as well as in marriage." Merla was impressed with Allura's new skill in battle.
"Why did you go back to being bad?" She demanded, as she kicked the weapon out of Merla's hand. Where it flew to the spot where Lotor was resting landing just inches from his lower body.
"Being good was boring, I need the excitement and challenge, besides that you nearly killed my husband." She tried to nail Allura in the face.
"He nearly murdered Lance, Hunk, and Pidge! Keith nearly died because of Lotor's thirst for revenge! He was lucky that Keith didn't kill him when he had the chance!" She glared at her landing a punch to Merla's face.
"So the little kitten has grown claws, have you? Let me remind you of this one little fact. I'm doing exactly what you're doing and that's standing by my husband's side in battle." She hissed in pain, as Allura hit her again.
"I'm fighting for the good of my planet, Merla! We didn't provoke this fight! You did by destroying Black Lion! What did you expect me to do, sit around in the castle, while Keith got himself killed up here?" She was so furious with Merla that she forgot to block one of Merla's attacks which got her right across the face and caused her to see stars for a few seconds.
"I expected you to stay down there with your girls, instead of running blindly into this situation, because you don't trust your husband enough to handle the situation by himself." Merla snarled back, punching Allura in the face, only to be knocked out by a quick punch from Allura's fist.
"Don't you ever say that I don't care about the safety of my kids or that I don't trust my husband again!" She screamed at Merla, as her opponent feel to the floor.
While Allura and Merla were having it out with each other, Keith and Rand were having a small war of their own. "You will never win as long as your mind is on your wife and not on the fight at hand." Rand taunted Keith.
"Shut up and fight! We know who the loser is going to be, so why are you even trying." Keith hurled Rand over his shoulder and into the far wall.
"That will not happen again." Rand vaulted back up to his feet, only to be kicked several times by Keith.
"Oh really?" He snarled back, as he glanced down at the timer on his wrist. They had less than two minutes before both ships went boom. "I would love to continue this, Rand, but you know places to go things to do." He knocked him out cold with one punch to the face.
"Keith, I'm done with my garbage collecting. How about you?" Allura smiled over at him.
"Yes, darling, let's go, we mustn't keep our babies waiting." He ran over and threw her up over his shoulder in a fireman's carry, before running out of the room.
"Keith! What's wrong?" She gasped.
"We're about to just barely make it out of here with our lives." Keith told her, as they both vanished from the ship.
(Huge explosion in both ships!)
"You mean to tell me the scum escaped and Keith and Allura went up in flames!?" Cassie watched in horror, as the two ships blew up on the screen, with Rand, Lotor and the others escaping in shuttles.
"We don't know that, Cassie. They may still be alive." Koran said softly, but had great doubt in his voice.
"Oh! My poor baby!" Nanny couldn't watch the screen anymore and fled the room in tears.
"He can't be gone. Who do you think set the bombs? He couldn't be that crazy, unless they got caught." Lance was scanning for some sign that they had made it, but found nothing.
"I know exactly where they are." Sheena walked over and keyed in some commands to the computer. The screen then showed Keith and Allura safe and sound in their private wing playing with the babies.
"So that's where they are!" Hunk sighed in relief.
"Why didn't they tell us that they were okay?" Cassie wasn't at all happy with her big brother.
"That's simple, Cass. The girls come first before they even remember to tell us that they're safely back in the castle!" Lance snarled.
Keith put ice on Allura's swollen knuckles and on her bruised face. "Sit still." He ordered softly.
"I can't! It hurts when you put ice on it!" She hissed in pain, as she fed Andy her bottle.
"You asked for this, Allura, no pain, no victory in hand-to-hand combat." Keith growled glaring at Ally, but smiling at his little shadow.
"Oh, I don't think that I'm gonna be able to move tomorrow. Why do you always get me into these situations?" She groaned.
"Me! You're the one that left our kids, beat up Lance, and then ended on the wrong ship." Keith ducked, as a pillow was thrown at his face. "Hey! I've got two innocent babies in my arms, so watch it with the projectiles!"
"You're the one who left the castle in a rage in the first place!" She glared at him, as she burped Andy.
"That's because they trashed my lion and scared our kids. It's my job to protect you and the babies. Just as it is your responsibility to make sure that they are safe and protected in the castle." He got up and set the two babies in their bassinets.
"Are you saying that my place is with the babies and not with you on the Voltron Force?" She hissed at him, as she set Andy down in her bassinet.
I'm saying that as long as our babies are still less than a year-old, that you need to stay here in the castle and let me do the fighting." He turned to glare at his wife, only to be slapped in the face with her ice pack.
"How dare you say that just because we have our baby girls that I'm suppose to stay here in the castle and knit, while my husband goes on a rampage and ends up getting himself killed!"
"I've been training for years just to keep my spot on the force, because I've earned it as a true member, not because of my title! I've been training every waking hour with Sheena for over nine months and might I add raising our babies with the rest of my time! So don't you dare say that my place is here in the castle, with our children, or even here in our bedroom! In case you haven't noticed, I've handled everything better than I could have ever dreamed of and it was worth all the hard work. Now, I can honestly say that I can stand with you in battle, on the throne, in the nursery, as well as in our bedroom and today sure as heck proved that more than anything!" Not even giving him a second glance and finally out of breath she stomped towards their master bath.
*I sure blew that one big time!*
"Well, little angels, it looks like daddy is gonna move you into your cribs tonight, because your mommy and I have some serious making up to do." He cooed down at the sleeping angels, as he opened the connecting door to the nursery.
Nanny had just come to check on her little charges and was startled to find Keith tucking in the babies. "Oh! Your majesty, you're alive!." Nanny cried out in relief and went to help Keith with the babies.
"Of course we're still alive, Nanny. Who do you think blew up those ships?" Keith drawled sarcastically.
"Well, the least the two of you could have done was tell us that you weren't on those ships when they exploded!" Nanny hissed at him when he moved her away from the cribs, so he could tuck each of his girls safely in their cribs.
"Is that all, Nanny?" Keith frowned at the woman, who was doing a very good job at irritating him at the moment.
"Did Allura get hurt?"
"No, Nanny, she didn't get hurt." Keith sighed impatiently, "The only injuries that she suffered were a bruised jaw, hands, and sore muscles." He bent down and kissed each of his treasures goodnight.
"Oh, and she single handedly took down both Lotor and his wife. I was only along for the ride and to make sure that she got out with her life intact. Now the two of us are gonna turn in for the night and our room is off-limits any problems call Koran and if the babies start to fuss, which I seriously doubt they will. Allura and I will take care of them." He stopped Nanny before she could say another word.
"Good night, Nanny." He dismissed her before going back to his own room.
Lance and Cassie glared at the sign that had been posted on the nursery and on Keith and Ally's private quarters.
"Do not disturb or risk being beheaded." Lance read the sign. "I don't think they're up for a lecture right now." He growled.
"I don't care what my brother wants!" Cassie hissed back at Lance and went to pound on the door.
"Are you out of your mind!? He'll kill you if you disturb them right now!" Lance went to toss her over her shoulder and carried her away from the doors.
"Lance, will you let go of me! He deserves to know how we feel!" She pounded her fist against his shoulders.
"Aren't you forgetting that we have some celebrating to do of our own?"
"Lance, will you please be serious! I think Keith needs to know how we feel about his actions." She hissed, as she slid down his body.
"You need to loosen up, Cass, and I know just how to make you do that." He growled against her neck.
"Lance..." She gasped, as he continued to attack her.
"Now, Cassie, I think that we both need a nice...(kiss)...long (kiss)...hot shower (very long kiss)." He had only one thing on his mind and that was having his way with her.
"You're wearing too many clothes..." She protested and then gaped at him in shock when he literally ripped the shirt off his body.
"Better?" He growled softly, as he carried her towards the shower.
"Yes, but there's only one tiny thing stopping us from what you have in mind."
"Oh really? Do tell..." Lance set her down in front of the shower stall.
"I have this bandage on my arm and the doc said that I wasn't supposed to get it wet." She whimpered, as he trailed kisses down her throat.
"So. we'll just skip the shower and move on to the main event." He grinned deviously and carried her to their bed.
"As you wish." Cassie whimpered and gave in to him completely.
Keith stood just outside the shower stall and eyed the frosted glass. "Allura, if you won't even try to talk this out then I'm just gonna have to come in there and join you." He threatened, but she chose to ignore him completely.
*He wouldn't dare try to join me in the shower after the male he's the man I'm the woman speech he gave me!* She fumed to herself, as she let the water soothe her ruffled feathers.
"That does it, Allura. I've had it with you giving me the silent treatment." He stripped off his uniform and then opened the shower door.
"Keith! Get out this instant! I'm in here and I don't feel like company!" She snapped at him, but didn't turn around.
"Sorry, babe, but this shower was built, so the two of us could use it at the same time!"
"Well, I don't want you in here, so get out!"
"That's just too damn bad, because I'm sick of your attitude problem!"
"Mine! If anyone has an attitude problem, it's you!" She shouted at him, as she poured shampoo onto her hair. "I just tag along so you don't get yourself killed!" She hissed in pain when shampoo got into her eyes.
"Would you like me to wash your hair for you? That way you won't get soap in your eyes."
"No, thank you, you've done enough already!"
"Fine, be stubborn." He went back to his side of the shower.
"I don't believe this! I'm out of shampoo!" She hissed, as she threw the empty bottle over the shower door and into the bathroom sink.
"Well, that's just too bad because I have plenty left on my side." He snickered back.
"Keith, will you please give me the other bottle of shampoo." She asked softly.
"Come and get it yourself." He taunted her.
"You know that I can't do that." She whimpered shakily.
"Why is that, Allura? All that you have to do is turn around and take what you want."
"No, I can't do it..."
"Look at me, Allura." He ordered softly and turned her so she was now facing him.
"No."
"Look at me."
"Fine, Keith. I'm looking at you..." Her voice trailed off, as she lost herself in his dark fathomless eyes.
"I love you, Allura, and I have to admit that I'm very proud of you." He pulled her into his arms and kissed her.
"So, why exactly are we fighting?" She sighed against his lips.
"Fighting? Who said that we were fighting?"
"So you agree that my place is beside you, as well as with our kids?"
"I agree that our place is first with our kids, then with each other, then with this planet, and lastly in battle when duty calls." He smiled down at her.
"You really mean that?"
"Yes, Allura, you and the kids mean more to me than being in the Voltron Force or anything else in the universe."
"If that is true then why did you run off like a madman when Black lion was damaged?" She arched a brow up at him and waited for his answer.
"They attacked the castle, and then sacred our babies. So, all that mixed in with seeing, how do I say this, a part of you go up in flames can influence a guy's reaction." Keith frowned down at her and was surprised, as she turned his water to ice cold and then stomped out of the shower in a huff. "Allura?!"
"You expect me to believe that, after your actions and words this evening?!"
"Allura, if you think that I'm the only one that used bad judgment and then changed their minds just like that! Then you have got another thing coming!" He pulled her back into the freezing cold shower.
"Keith! Let go of me!" She screamed at him, as the cold water pelted against her skin.
"Not until you get off your high-and-mighty throne long enough to understand that we both screwed up today!"
"I was not out of line! I was merely trying to make sure that you didn't go and get yourself killed!"
"Wrong, Ally, you felt that you had to prove to you and me that you could still hold your own in battle. You only used me as an excuse." He growled hoarsely.
"That's not true, Keith! I was only concerned about you! Proving myself to you and the rest of the team didn't even cross my mind!"
"If that were true then why did you go to Lotor's ship, instead of Devon's?!"
"Because that is where I thought that you were heading to."
"Allura, I was going for the ship that fired on us and that was Devon's ship. I could have cared less about the wimp. I only wanted to take out the lead one."
"How was I supposed to know that?"
"Allura, I did tell Koran where I was going before I left the castle." He gave her his I've-got-you nailed glare.
"I was going by your someone-hurt-Black Lion-now-they're-going-to-die look." She whimpered.
"If you would have taken that little extra time to think about maybe wearing your mic, before you went chasing after me, then you would have known that Koran knew where I was the entire time." He was tired of going in circles with her.
"That's how you knew where I was?"
"Yes, Allura, Koran told me that you beat up Lance and then came looking for me." Keith shook his head in defeat, unable to stay angry with her any longer.
"So, let me get this straight, you left the castle with Koran knowing where you would be. While I went running blindly after you, only to end up in the wrong ship, where I then proved to myself that I was still able to handle everything on my own." She frowned at him.
"That's right, Allura. You came after me, only to end up single handedly defeating the wimp. While I set explosives on the other ship, then went to rescue a wife that didn't need any rescuing, and where we both fought side by side as a team and won." Keith kissed her on the nose.
"Can we kiss and make up now? I'm freezing in here..." She whimpered through her chattering teeth.
Keith reached over and turned the tap back to soothing warm water. "I have an even better idea."
"Then we should go commence with your idea immediately." She whispered into his ear.
"I love you, wife."
"And I love you, my husband."
Next
Chapter 11
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